Instructional-Design-Live#15 2010-4-23 Teaching Presence in a Community of Inquiry

This week is the final part in a series exploring the Community of Inquiry Framework. Jennifer Maddrell leads us in an exploration of the practical dimensions of establishing teaching presence in online courses.

08:23 - Jennifer
@linda ... yes ... this would be messages FROM the teacher out to the students

09:06 - Linda U
It's more work

09:18 - Linda U
when you have to write everything, it's very time consuming

09:56 - Peggy George
so true Linda-but after the first time you can tweak and revise and takes less time

10:12 - Joni
At a more micro level, I plan a course away from the LMS. I create a table where I track the learning objectives, projects, readings, activities, etc. This allows me to look for balance, time on task, movement to objectives,etc. prior to building stuff.

10:28 - Peggy George
great idea Joni!

10:45 - Peggy George
where do you create the table? Google docs?

11:09 - Joni
I just do it in Word. I keep it simple.

11:14 - Peggy George
paper??? try not to use it :-)

11:16 - Amy
yes, we suggest that the last step is to start working in the LMS

13:12 - Peggy George
the table is a great idea! do you start with a template that you have created so you can use it in multiple classes?

15:22 - Robert
I think a lot is about remembering to take care of these things--frameowrks, tables, guides, a systematic process helps a great deal

15:35 - Peggy George
you could color code/highlight parts within the table to identify multiple intelligences, or parts of the process to make sure you haven't left something out in your planning

16:41 - Peggy George
good tip! always do the activity yourself first and then double the time for the students

16:47 - Amy
I'm afraid I can't stay :(

16:54 - Robert
yes! Cristison or Christenson(?) has an excellent workbork for including MI

20:00 - Jennifer
This is the link to the document Joni is highlighting

20:14 - Peggy George
great PDF!! thanks

22:02 - Peggy George
very helpful to include the team review collaboration rubric!

22:25 - Jenna 1
That has been my experience, too, Joni- when structured and articulated group work online can be really powerful

24:14 - Jenna 1
I agree... larger groups can work well- but learners need to be clear on their role and responsibility in the group and as you mentioned before- have low-stakes opportunities to build the skills to work together well online, then, the work in the project is powerful

24:38 - Peggy George
how much time do you spend on the preliminary steps of setting expectations, practicing and understanding collaborative work? is it only at the beginning of the course?

25:03 - Peggy George
great point Jenna

26:09 - Peggy George
holding the students accountable :-) great suggestions

26:14 - Peggy George
carry on

28:00 - Jenna 1
Peggy- I spend the first three-four weeks of a 12-15 week course where the primary focus is on learning how to use the tools to collaborate and interact around foundational content- then, once they are good at discussion, dialogueing and interacting around easy to understand content- then we delve into the deeper content

28:01 - Peggy George
I have found that many of them come with more unsuccessful collaborative experiences than successful!

28:30 - Robert
Hi Sheryl

29:03 - Peggy George
and it's practice time with actual content--not just "telling" and "talking" about the process?

29:04 - Sheryl
Hi! I had a bit of trouble getting here. New computer needed help;D

29:15 - Peggy George
welcome Sheryl!

29:22 - Sheryl
Thanks Peggy.

29:47 - Peggy George
so glad you had success getting in!

30:20 - Jennifer
@sheryl ... recording will be up later on edtechtalk.com :)

30:30 - Joni
Unfortunately I won't be around next Friday. AERA conference here in Denver.

30:34 - Jennifer
about done with live session :)

30:39 - Linda U
what is AERA

31:01 - Joni
Aemerican Educational Research Association

31:02 - Peggy George
those sound like great ways to continue the conversation!!

31:44 - Joni
I will hate to miss the session, so will check out the recording afterwards. :-)

31:51 - Peggy George
that sounds really good Robert!

31:59 - Peggy George
:-)

32:17 - Sheryl
thanks Jennifer

32:22 - Joni
Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

32:41 - Peggy George
thank you so much for these sessions! Thanks Jennifer!!

32:41 - Sheryl
thanks.

32:43 - Jennifer
Thank you, Joni!

32:46 - Peggy George
bye everyone

32:47 - Jenna 1
Great conversation. Thanks for sharing such great ideas :) Have a great weekend!